Quality of life of type 2 diabetes outpatients and the associated factors: A cross-sectional study at Ha Dong General Hospital in 2020

Abstract

Objectives: This study aimed to describe the quality of life (QOL) of type 2 diabetes outpatients receiving treatment and the associated factors at Ha Dong General Hospital in 2020. Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted on 327 type 2 diabetes outpatients treated at Ha Dong General Hospital in 2020 by using the Asian Diabetic Quality of Life (Asian DQOL) questionnaire into Vietnamese. Results: The mean score of overall QOL of type 2 diabetes outpatients is 68.5 ± 9.9 points. 83.2% of outpatients have good overall QOL; there were no outpatients with poor QOL. Married patients have a higher quality of life than other groups; the lowest is in the divorced or widowed group. The family economy at the non-poor level has higher quality than the poor and near-poor groups. Female patients had a higher QOL than male patients. Patients with a disease detection time of 5–10 years had the highest QOL. The group of patients with an overweight BMI had higher quality than other patients The group of patients who did not receive insulin had a higher QOL than the patients who received insulin. Patients without comorbidities had a higher QOL than the group with comorbidities. (p<0,05) Conclusions: Research results show that the majority of people with type 2 diabetes at Ha Dong General Hospital have a good QOL. Marital status, family economic status, gender, time of disease diagnosis, BMI, treatment methods, and comorbidities are factors related to patients' QOL. Key words: Quality of life, diabetes, hospital, Ha Dong